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Release of SQLite DBMS 3.41

SQLite 3.41 has been released, a lightweight database management system presented as a shared library. The SQLite code is released as public domain, meaning it can be used without restrictions and free of charge for any purpose. The developers of SQLite receive financial support from a specially created consortium, which includes companies such as Adobe, Oracle, Mozilla, Bentley, and Bloomberg. Key changes: Optimizations have been made to the scheduler […]

The promotion plan for the Intel GPU Xe driver into the Linux kernel has been published.

Daniel Vetter, an engineer at Intel and one of the maintainers of the DRM subsystem, published in the Linux kernel developers' mailing list the promotion plan for patches implementing the Xe driver, intended for use with GPUs based on Intel's Xe architecture, which is employed in Arc family graphics cards and integrated graphics starting from Tiger Lake processors. The Xe driver is positioned […]

The decentralized communication platform Jami 'Vilagfa' is now available.

A new release of the decentralized communication platform Jami has been introduced, codenamed “Világfa”. The project aims to create a P2P communication system that enables both large group conversations and individual calls while providing a high level of privacy and security. Jami, formerly known as Ring and SFLphone, is among the GNU projects and […]

Release of Alt Server 10.1

The release of the Alt Server 10.1 distribution has taken place, built on the ALT 10 platform (branch p10 Aronia). The distribution is provided under a License Agreement that allows free use by individuals, but legal entities are only permitted to test it, and must purchase a commercial license or enter into a written licensing agreement for use. Installation images are prepared for x86_64, AArch64 architectures and […]

Beta release of the openSUSE Leap 15.5 distribution

The development of openSUSE Leap 15.5 has entered the beta testing phase. The release is based on a core set of packages that are identical to those in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP 5 distribution and also includes some user applications from the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository. A universal DVD image, sized at 4.3 GB (x86_64, aarch64, ppc64les, 390x), is available for download. The release of openSUSE Leap 15.4 is expected in early June […]

The Fish shell is planned to be rewritten in Rust.

Peter Ammon, the leader of the Fish interactive shell development team, has published a plan to translate the project’s development to Rust. The shell is planned to be incrementally translated from C++ to Rust, module by module, rather than being completely rewritten from scratch. According to the Fish developers, using Rust will address multithreading issues and provide a more modern and effective error-detection toolkit […]

Release of Linux Kernel 6.2

After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has released the Linux kernel 6.2. Among the most notable changes: acceptance of code under the Copyleft-Next license has been allowed, RAID5/6 implementation in Btrfs has been improved, the integration of Rust support has continued, overheads in protecting against Retbleed attacks have been reduced, and the ability to regulate memory consumption during reverse writing has been added; a PLB (Protective Load Balancing) mechanism for TCP has also been introduced […]

Release of the Parrot 5.2 distribution with a selection of security testing tools.

The release of Parrot 5.2, based on the Debian 11 package base and including a suite of tools for system security testing, forensic analysis, and reverse engineering, is now available. Several ISO images with a MATE environment are offered for download, intended for everyday use, security testing, installation on Raspberry Pi 4 boards, and creating specialized setups for use in cloud environments […]

Release of Clonezilla Live 3.0.3 distribution

The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 3.0.3 has been announced, designed for quick disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the distribution's ISO image is 334 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilizes code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Booting is possible from […]

Intel has opened the code for the OpenCL implementation running on CPU.

Intel has opened the source code of OpenCL CPU RT (OpenCL CPU RunTime), an implementation of the OpenCL standard designed for executing OpenCL kernels on a central processor. The OpenCL standard defines an API and language extensions in C for organizing cross-platform parallel computations. The implementation contains 718,996 lines of code distributed across 2,750 files. The code is adapted for integration with LLVM and will be offered for inclusion in […]

AMD has published the code for the FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.2 supersampling technology.

AMD has announced the availability of the source code for the updated implementation of the FSR 2.2 (FidelityFX Super Resolution) supersampling technology, employing spatial scaling algorithms and detail reconstruction to reduce image quality loss when upscaling and converting to higher resolutions. The code is written in C++ and is distributed under the MIT license. In addition to the basic API for C++, the project provides […]

Debian 12 has entered the soft freeze stage before release.

Debian developers have announced that Debian 12 has entered the soft freeze phase for its package base, during which the acceptance of new source packages is halted and the ability to reintroduce previously removed packages is closed. A hard freeze is scheduled for March 12, 2023, before the release, during which the process of transferring key packages and packages without autopkgtests from unstable to testing will be completely halted […]

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